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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges renewed action against antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance address
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a remembrance address honoring Holocaust victims and survivors, warned that antisemitism and other forms of hate are resurging globally, and urged collective action to protect democratic institutions and human dignity.
Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, urged the international community on Thursday to confront rising antisemitism and preserve the memory of Holocaust victims, saying remembrance is both a duty and a shield against prejudice.
Speaking to a gathering that included Holocaust survivors and their families, Guterres said the Holocaust should be remembered not only for its history but as a warning: "6,000,000 Jews murdered just because they were Jewish," he said, and he named Roma and Sinti, people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people among those also enslaved,…
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